I copy a tracking link from google in my reply here. You click on the link. Google now connects me and my search session to you and knows where I gave you this link from. If I get the original url, all google knows is that I copied that link and nothing else.
JavaScript being disabled - Google was already sending analytics pings when search result links were clicked on, using JS.
It doesn't work without JS though.
Pings are blockable in Firefox and so are the event analytics requests triggered by Google's on-page JavaScript.
JavaScript is required to use Google search at all, no?